Local Rule D.C.COLO.LCrR 57.4: SECURITY AND PROHIBITED ITEMS
D. Colo. — Criminal rule
D.C.COLO.LCrR 57.4 SECURITY AND PROHIBITED ITEMS
(a) Procedures. All persons entering a building, courthouse, courtroom, or any other location in which court business and proceedings are conducted shall be subject to security procedures.
All briefcases, purses, parcels, bags, backpacks, and other items shall be passed through an X-ray scanner or magnetometer (or their functional equivalent) and shall be subject to search. This rule shall apply at such other places as a judicial officer may direct.
At the direction of the security officer conducting security screenings of persons attempting to enter a building, courthouse, courtroom, or any other location in which court business and proceedings are conducted, eyeglasses shall be passed through an X-ray scanner or magnetometer (or their functional equivalent) and shall be subject to search. Any eyeglasses determined to be "smart glasses" (i.e., eyeglasses, which, at a minimum, may be used as a camera, video recorder, or audio recorder) regardless of manufacturer, make, model, or type of imbedded technology, are prohibited items and shall not be permitted inside and shall not be used in any building, courthouse, courtroom, or any other location in which court business and proceedings are conducted.
Unless otherwise ordered and with the exception of federal law enforcement officers conducting official duties, all persons entering a building, courthouse, courtroom, or any other location in which court business and proceedings are conducted are prohibited from entering with any form of weapon, explosive, explosive device, destructive device, or any other dangerous material, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Firearms or firearm replicas (e.g., pellet guns, BB guns, flare guns, spear guns, stun guns, starter pistols, gun shaped lighters or torches, non-firing replicas, dummy firearms, etc);
(2) Sharp, bladed, edged, or cutting instruments (e.g., axes, hatchets, drills, drill bits, ice picks, box cutters, arrows, swords, knives (of any size), razor blades, razors (except razors used for personal grooming by individuals using the fitness center, etc.);
(3) Club-like items and striking devices (e.g., hammers, baseball bats, cricket bats, pool cues, golf clubs, ski poles, billy clubs, blackjacks, nightsticks, crow bars, batons, nunchucks, kubatons, martial arts weapons, slingshots, tools (with the exception of duty requirements), etc.);
(4) Explosive materials or devices (e.g., bombs, grenades, mines, ammunition, gun powder, plastic explosives, dynamite, nitroglycerin, trinitrotoluene, blasting caps, fireworks, flares, realistic replicas of explosives, etc.);
(5) Incendiaries or incendiary devices (e.g., IEDs (improvised explosive devices), aerosol sprays, gasoline, diesel, propane, other flammable fuels, turpentine, paint thinner, realistic replicas of incendiaries, etc.);
(6) Disabling chemicals and other dangerous items (e.g., chlorine, liquid bleach, compressed gas cylinders (e.g., fire extinguishers), mace, pepper spray, tear gas, poisonous gases, nuclear material, illicit drugs, alcohol, etc.), except that tenants of any federal courthouse or court facility in the District of Colorado may carry chemical protection agents for personal protection if done in compliance with all local laws. Tenants must maintain personal protection chemical agents in a holster or carrying case and notify the Court Security Officer or other screening official before entering the screening station; however, visitors may not bring such items into the building, courtroom, or any other place where court is being held.
(b) Sanctions for Violations. Violation of this rule shall be grounds for refusing admission to the building, courthouse, courtroom, or any other location in which court business and proceedings are conducted and for confiscating, securing, or destroying any prohibited item and may subject the violator to detention, arrest, and prosecution as provided by law, punishment for contempt of court, or any other sanction deemed appropriate.
(c) Identification or Information. On request of a United States marshal, court security officer, federal protective service officer, or court official, anyone within or seeking entry to any court building shall produce identification and state the nature of his or her business. Failure to provide identification or information shall be grounds for removal or exclusion from the building.